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Scombriformes (Mackerels) >
Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Aphanopodinae
Etymology: Aphanopus: Greek, aphanes = hidden + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).
Ambiente: milieu / zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / gama de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas bentopelágico; intervalo de profundidade 300 - 1408 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 50°N - 35°S, 105°E - 14°E (Ref. 6181)
Atlantic Ocean: in moderately warm and tropical waters; it has not been found only off the coast of South America. In the eastern Atlantic, it is found off western Sahara, Congo and Angola, from Sierra Leone submarine rise and Pilberry Seamount (Ref. 10818).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 148 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 108735)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 39 - 44; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 54 - 59; Espinhos anais: 2; Raios anais moles: 46 - 50; Vértebras: 102 - 108. Pelvic fins represented by a single spine in juveniles inserted before the base of the pectoral fins but entirely absent in adults. Body is coppery black with iridescent tint. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.
Adults benthopelagic from 800 to 1,350 m, juveniles mesopelagic from 300 to 500 m (Ref. 6181). Up until recently, fisheries catch landings of A. carbo, a sympatric species in the waters of Canary and Madeira islands, were mixed with A. intemedius.
Ciclo de vida e comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Displays determinate fecundity (Ref. 108695). Mature individuals undertake horizontal migration to spawning and nursery grounds (Ref. 108708).
Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Temperatura preferida (Ref.
123201): 6.2 - 13.7, mean 9.4 °C (based on 190 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00110 (0.00060 - 0.00201), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.3 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (K=0.121; tmax=15).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (62 of 100).
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Vulnerabilidade climática (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 7.2 [3.4, 23.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.204 [0.058, 0.575] mg/100g; Protein = 15.8 [14.1, 17.6] %; Omega3 = 0.277 [0.112, 0.714] g/100g; Selenium = 42.9 [11.2, 142.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.3 [2.0, 59.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.373 [0.178, 0.733] mg/100g (wet weight);